We are told that Daven Laure does not anthropomorphize the computer that is like the brain and central nervous system of his spaceship, Jaccavrie, but then:
"Laure had a brief, irrational vision of Jaccavrie nodding. She would be a big, calm, dark-haired woman, handsome in middle age though getting somewhat plump..." (p. 712)
So Laure does not relate to Jaccavrie as a person but sometimes visualizes her as one.
This leads to a comparison with Robert Heinlein. In Time Enough For Love, the memories of a conscious computer are transferred into a female human body so that the computer is literally anthropomorphized. But I prefer Laure and Jaccavrie. Furthermore, "Starfog" is an excellent capstone to the Technic History whereas I do not even accept Time Enough For Love as a valid addition to the Future History.
The Technic History ends with "Starfog." The Future History climaxes in Methuselah's Children with Orphans Of The Sky as a short appendix.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
I would still argue Lauren at least sometimes anthropomorphizes 'Jaccavrie.'
Ad astra! Sean
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